Some powerful abilities could be changed in new installments of the series.
Beyond the official news shared by Nintendo in the last few hours on the occasion of the celebration of the Pokémon World Championship last weekend, other news about okémon Scarlet and Purple have been leaked. News of the most controversial type, on skill nerfs.
According to the specialized account of Centro Leaks, Pokémon Scarlet and Purple nerfs some skills considered too powerful among the gaming community (via CBR). One of those attacks would be “Intrepid Sword”, a unique ability of Zacianlegendary pokemon from Pokémon Sword and Shield, which causes Zacian’s attack to increase by one level each time it enters combat, achieving a permanent damage increase.
It is unknown what kind of nerf this or other abilities could suffer but it could be, for example, limit its use to only one per battle. For now Zacian’s appearance is not confirmed in Pokémon Scarlet and Purple, but it is not ruled out that it may arrive soon in some DLC.
Who seems to be available is Kyogre, although it could be exclusive to those players who have it through Pokémon Home. People say that Pokémon Scarlet and Purple could have up to 105 new pokemonso there is a lot of room to confirm the final Pokédex of the Paldea region, although we will still have to wait a bit to know it officially.
Pokémon Scarlet and Purple will be released next November 18th for Nintendo Switch among great expectation. Not only because of the brand new generation or a region inspired by Spain, with its Iberian pig pokémon and olive pokémon and everything, it will also bring important playable novelties. This will be the first installment in the main Pokémon series to feature a open world and cooperative multiplayer for up to four players.